Sen. Terry Link
Filed: 5/22/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4249
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4249 on page 2, | ||||||
3 | immediately below line 5, by inserting the following:
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4 | "Section 10. The Environmental Health Practitioner | ||||||
5 | Licensing Act is amended by changing Section 27 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 37/27)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2008)
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8 | Sec. 27. Renewals; restoration.
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9 | (a) The expiration date and renewal period for each license | ||||||
10 | issued under
this Act shall be set by rule. As a condition for | ||||||
11 | renewal of a license, the
licensee shall be required to | ||||||
12 | complete continuing education requirements as
set forth in | ||||||
13 | rules by the Department. Licensees who are 70 years of age
or | ||||||
14 | older and have been licensed under this Act for at least 4 | ||||||
15 | years shall be
exempt from the continuing education | ||||||
16 | requirements.
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1 | (b) A person who has permitted a license to expire for a | ||||||
2 | period of less than 5 years may have the license
restored by | ||||||
3 | making application to the Department and filing proof, | ||||||
4 | acceptable
to the Department, of fitness to have the license | ||||||
5 | restored. Proof may include
(i) sworn evidence certifying to | ||||||
6 | active practice in another jurisdiction that
is satisfactory to | ||||||
7 | the Department, (ii) complying with any continuing education
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8 | requirements, and (iii) paying the required restoration fee.
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9 | (b-5) A person seeking restoration of a license that has | ||||||
10 | been expired or placed on inactive status for a period of 5 | ||||||
11 | years or more may have the license restored by making | ||||||
12 | application to the Department and filing proof acceptable to | ||||||
13 | the Department of fitness to have the license restored. Proof | ||||||
14 | may include (i) sworn evidence of active practice in another | ||||||
15 | jurisdiction, (ii) an affidavit attesting to military service | ||||||
16 | of the type set forth in subsection (c) of this Section, (iii) | ||||||
17 | proof of passage of the Environmental Health Proficiency | ||||||
18 | Examination during the period in which the license lapsed or | ||||||
19 | was placed on inactive status, or (iv) sworn evidence | ||||||
20 | acceptable to the Department of lawful practice under the | ||||||
21 | supervision of an environmental health practitioner licensed | ||||||
22 | under this Act. Except as otherwise stated in this Section, an | ||||||
23 | applicant for restoration under this Section must pay any | ||||||
24 | restoration fees required under this Act and provide proof of | ||||||
25 | meeting continuing education requirements during the 2-year | ||||||
26 | period immediately prior to restoration. |
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1 | (c) If the person has not maintained an active practice in | ||||||
2 | another
jurisdiction satisfactory to the Department, the Board | ||||||
3 | shall determine, by an
evaluation program, established by rule, | ||||||
4 | the person's fitness to resume active
status. The Board may | ||||||
5 | require the person to complete a period of evaluated
clinical | ||||||
6 | experience and successful completion of a practical | ||||||
7 | examination.
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8 | However, a person whose license expired while (i) in | ||||||
9 | federal service on
active duty with the Armed Forces of the | ||||||
10 | United States or called into service
or training with the State | ||||||
11 | Militia or (ii) in training or education under the
supervision | ||||||
12 | of the United States, preliminary to induction into the | ||||||
13 | military
service may have his or her license renewed or | ||||||
14 | restored without paying any
lapsed renewal fees if, within 2 | ||||||
15 | years after honorable termination of the
service, training, or | ||||||
16 | education, except under conditions other than honorable,
he or | ||||||
17 | she furnishes the Department with satisfactory evidence to the | ||||||
18 | effect
that he or she has been so engaged and that the service, | ||||||
19 | training, or education
has been terminated.
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20 | (d) A person who notifies the Department, in writing on | ||||||
21 | forms prescribed
by the Department, may place his or her | ||||||
22 | license on inactive status and shall be
excused from the | ||||||
23 | payment of renewal fees until the person notifies the
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24 | Department, in writing, of the intention to resume active | ||||||
25 | practice.
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26 | (e) A person requesting his or her license be changed from |
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1 | inactive to
active status shall be required to pay the current | ||||||
2 | renewal fee and shall also
demonstrate compliance with the | ||||||
3 | continuing education requirements.
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4 | (f) An environmental health practitioner whose license is | ||||||
5 | not renewed
or whose license is on
inactive status shall not | ||||||
6 | engage in the practice of environmental health in the
State of | ||||||
7 | Illinois or use the title or advertise that he or she performs | ||||||
8 | the
services of a "licensed environmental health | ||||||
9 | practitioner".
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10 | (g) A person violating subsection (f) of this Section shall | ||||||
11 | be considered
to be practicing without a license and shall be | ||||||
12 | subject to the disciplinary
provisions of this Act.
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13 | (h) A license to practice shall not be denied any applicant | ||||||
14 | because of the
applicant's race, religion, creed, national | ||||||
15 | origin, political beliefs or
activities, age, sex, sexual | ||||||
16 | orientation, or physical impairment that does not affect a | ||||||
17 | person's ability to practice with reasonable judgment, skill, | ||||||
18 | or safety .
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19 | (Source: P.A. 91-724, eff. 6-2-00 .)".
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